3109.000 Cadaba Forssk.

Description of the genus

Shrubs, unarmed or with spine-tipped lateral branchlets. Leaves simple; margin entire. Flowers ± zygomorphic. Sepals 4, ± equal. Petals 0 or 2-4. Disk large and conspicuous. Androgynophore elongated, longer than the sepals. Stamens 4-8. Ovary on an elongated gynophore, 1-locular. Fruit indehiscent or tardily dehiscent, cylindric.

Worldwide: 30 species in the Old World tropics, mostly Africa

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Colotis evippe (Smoky orange tip) Food plant

Eronia leda (Autumn-leaf vagrant, Oranges-and-lemons) Larval food plant

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
aphylla (Thunb.) Wild	S	Description, Image
kirkii Oliv.	N,W,C	Description, Image
natalensis Sond.	S	Description
termitaria N.E. Br.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cadaba
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cadaba
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cadaba
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cadaba
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